Russian school attackers 'more numerous' than officials said

A special forces soldier said terrorists who seized more than 1,000 hostages in a school two months ago were more numerous than the government claimed, a Russian newspaper reported today.

Russian officials have said 32 raiders took part in the September attack on the school in the southern town of Beslan that ended in a hail of gunfire and explosions, killing more than 330 hostages. They said 31 attackers were killed and one captured.